Archive for June, 2010

Devolution is Useless

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It turns out that Mark Frauenfelder gave the Useless Machine to Stephen Colbert.  He had fun showing it to DEVO.

Colbert Shows Devo Machine

Colbert Shows Devo Machine

I’m hoping Stephen makes room for it on the shelf next to his photo of House!

House on the Colbert Report

House on the Colbert Report

The full story can be found at the NoFactZone
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More Clockwork Uselessness!

If you thought the Lego Useless Machine was cool, then check this out:  Clayton Boyer has come up with this incredible design for a wooden clockwork Useless Machine.   $40 will get you a complete set of plans.

Via HackaDay

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Useless Cat Toy!

When your cat gets bored of the laser pointer…

Via Make Online

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And this tweet was sent…

@StephenAtHome: so tired. i stayed up all night trying to get mark frauenfelder’s machine to stay on. but it was worth it. I think I almost have it

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Here’s the CR Interview

Colbert ponders the Useless Machine

Colbert ponders the Useless Machine

Here’s the episode of The Colbert Report where Stephen interviews Mark Frauenfelder and operates the Useless Machine.  Mark built his machine using my plans that were published in  Make Magazine.  Stephen was so taken with the machine that Mark gave it to him.

  • In Canada you can view it here.
  • If you’re in the States click here.

If you’re not in either location, try to imagine how cool it was!  You can look at the other Colbert posts and then head over to my instructions so you can Make one yourself.

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